A loudly snoring mouse disturbs the residents of a quiet country house.

A loudly snoring mouse disturbs the residents of a quiet country house.

When Humboldt Yolo Stanislaus IV, a young recent graduate of Fool's Gold Community College, stumbles across a mysterious bottle on a Bermuda beach that contains a crude handwritten map, his life is about to change. The map depicts an uncharted island in the Atlantic Ocean. Humby sends a photo to the Library of Congress, which informs the US Department of State. The US government, extremely cognizant of cybersecurity, decides this island would be a perfect secret location to hide a backup microchip containing all military secrets. However, the device needs to be delivered without suspicion. Humby proudly accepts the assignment of traveling to the island as an official representative of his country, but he doesn't know he's on a secret mission. Shocking events and revelations await Humby upon his arrival. The fascinating people, their bizarre history, and their desperate aspirations depend upon him. Humby must overcome the enormous obstacles thrown in his path, including an elusive mouse that snores.

From the illustrator of the classic edition of Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs On a ridge above the Kalihari, Lion naps, until Mouse bumbles into him, willy-nilly, startling him awake. After a show of teeth, Lion is softened by Mouse's pledge of loyalty and sets him free. When a cold moon brings a humbling lesson, Lion comes to recognize Mouse's keen skill, and deeper kindness. Mouse and Lion, Aesop's fabled duo, renew their ancient bond in this warm retelling by Rand Burkert, illuminated by the authentic natural detail of Nancy Ekholm Burkert's art.

Little Mouse is tucked into bed when he hears a strange sound: Too-whoo! Too-whoo! And then comes a creeeaaak! Rattle! Rattle! There are scary noises everywhere! But what can they be?

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear.